Daniel Johnston - Peek A Boo lyrics

rate me

When I'm down, really down,

Nothin' matters. Nothin' does.

I close my eyes, go to sleep.

But I can't sleep. I can't sleep.

Please hear my cry for help, and save me from myself.

Junior High I lost my mind.

I don't know why. It's a terrible thing.

Since that day it's been a struggle

Trying to make sense out of scrambled eggs.

Please hear my cry for help, and save me from myself.

I painted a bar and I never got paid,

In a town where everyone was on foot.

I was locked in on Easter day.

All I had to eat was a piece of bread.

When I got home my mother said

"You're a lazy bum and that's how come

You suffer like that and you'll starve

All your life. All your life."

Spoken just like it was a curse,

But it didn't really sound so bad.

I like to make things up,

It's the healthiest thing that I do.

But I'm tired

From being kidnapped

By a dark wolf that would

Do me in.

Please hear my cry for help, and save me from myself.

I'm just saying how I feel.

Maybe you could try to understand.

I'm a man who needs you.

When I'm down, really down

Nothin' matters. Nothin' does.

I close my eyes to go to sleep,

But I can't sleep. I can't sleep.

You can listen to these songs,

Have a good time and walk away.

But for me it's not that easy.

I have to live these songs forever.

Please hear my cry for help, and save me from myself.